Family: Russulaceae
Lactarius deliciosus group
(L. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray
Saffron milkcap
KEY ID FEATURES
- Small-to-medium, gilled, terrestrial fruitbodies found growing with spruce, aspen and birch.
- Cap pinkish-orange color, with bluish-green stains, orangish gills which stain greenish.
- Stipe orangish, non-potmarked and without greenish spots. Hollow and snaps like chalk when fresh.
- Fragile or brittle flesh common to members of Lactarius & Russula.
- Injured flesh exudes a bright orange latex that discolors reddish, staining the flesh greenish.
- No distinct odor. Taste slowly and slightly acrid.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: White-to-creamy
EDIBILITY: Unknown, possibly edible
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-091-14
- LOCATION: Quartz Creek Campground
- DATE: 27-Aug-14
- NOTES: Cap 46-82 mm across, pinkish-orange color, with bluish-green stains, orangish gills, with greenish stains, orange, non-scrobiculate stipe. Flesh orangish-beige, stipe hollow. Latex bright orange, discoloring reddish, staining the tissue greenish. Growing under spruce, aspen and birch. No odor, taste slowly, slightly acrid.
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